Patriotic lawn festival aids historic Concord chapter house
Concord July 5: from 3 to 9:30 pm a patriotic lawn festival on Chapter House grounds features music and refreshments to benefit repairs on the Old Concord Chapter D A R house. Citizens of Concord and nearby towns invited. John W Jennings on two weeks vacation. Mrs Harris and Mr Harris announce birth of daughter Tuesday. Scandin avian M E church observes Children Day with an evening program promising an excellent featured program.
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Chapter House
Old Concord Chapter
John W. Jennings
Frank BE. Harris
Willow St
Fragmentary Civil Trade Notation Sheds Light on Old Pricing
OCR fragment lists odd prices shown as five and ten cents per yard, repeating six-line sequence. The terse line suggests a fabric or textile measure note from a vintage catalog or sale listing without full context.
Maynard News Roundup Highlights Local Moves and Visits
Frank Doolin opens a lunch room in Maynard House as locals report visits from James H. Johnston and Mrs. Forbes. Miss Naylor, Harry Fowler, and Aliie Winslow are noted among returning or traveling residents. Townspeople attend Concord graduation and Stow high school events. heat wave and half-session schedules affect daily life.
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Frank Doolin
Maynard House
James H. Johnston
Dorchester
Bedford Notes on Residents Visitors and Graduates
Bedford community news covers Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Willis aboard Mr. Monadnock. Mrs. Willard visiting from Los Angeles. Miss Anabelle MacFarland leaving for Gloucester for the season. Local men travel to North shore resorts. Rev. Blake from Glasgow visits C. W. Blake Co. Ladies Orchestra pitches at Lexington Park and stays with Bedford homes. A. C. Carson and mother tour Europe sending Stratford on Avon souvenirs. Bedford strawberry shipments to Boston markets. Concord High School Class of 1909 includes four Bedford graduates with Cum Laude honors.
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Willard
Los Angeles
Cal
J. H. Brown
Spring Road
Anabelle MacFarland
Bedford
Gloucester
Ladies’ Orchestra
Lexington Park
A. C. Carson
Europe
Stratford On Avon
Bos
Local Social Notes and Seasonal Preparations in Sudbury
Mrs. Joseph Lovering is very ill at home. Mrs. F. F. Gerry hosted her sister for a brief visit. Miss Aseneth Hadley of Medford visited here. Miss Eliza F. McLean stayed with grandmother Mrs. Horatio Hunt. Ernest Porter to work on the Sypsy moths with Tree Warden W. E. Baldwin. Leon Hawes moved a barn to the site of the old one. Mr. and Mrs. George Moore occupy Mrs. H. M. Noyes' house while she visits New York. James Tulis has interior work and improvements done by E. L. Moore. Carl R. Bryant travels to Water Ville Me for summer. plans to return as principal next term. Miss Ruby Cole intends to return.
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A.L. Rae
Holyoke
National Express Co
Frank Morin
West Boylston
John Allen
Lowell
F. F. Gerry
Ernest Porter
W. E. Baldwin
Leon Hawes
George Moore
James Tulis
E. L. Moore
Carl R. Bryant
Waterville
Ruby Cole
Marian Browns recital and local social notes in Littleton
Marian Brown presents a Tuesday recital while town and regioners attend gatherings. Notes include Allen Kimball recovering from measles, a Whitcomb party, alumni events at the high school, and nearby visits by Mrs. Knowlton, Mrs. Patch, and others.
Graduation and Reception for Sudbury High Class of 1909
Two graduates Gladys Eleanor Gerry and Clifton Warren Ellins led Sudbury High School’s 1909 commencement in the town hall Thursday night. The program included prayers, choruses, essays on annus mirabilis and uses of electricity, solos, and the diploma presentation by Superintendent F Prior with an address by Sen. Chas M Gardner. A reception followed Friday evening with dancing to a grand march, 200 attendees, punch ice cream and cake, and a late run until 1 AM.
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Sudbury High School
Gladys Eleanor Gerry
Clifton Warren Ellins
E. C. Whiting
Harold Butterfield
Carlton W. Elms
Mr. Hosmer
Chas.m. Gardner
F. Prior
Auld Lang Syne
Town Hall
Carleton Ellins
Gladys Gerry
Carl R. Bryant
Ruby 8. Cole
Mr. Ellins
Miss Gerry
Sudbury locals offer low down on victoria phaeton sale
Local dealer J. Ma Honey of Maynard advertises a victoria phaeton with low down payment for elderly buyers. Also listed are a driving saddle and bridle for sale.
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Sudbury
Victoria Phaeton
J. Mahoney
Maynard
Weekend Notices From Concord Junction And Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs 8 T Blood enjoyed a weekend at their Nagog cottage. Miss Celia MacDonald visited relatives in Peabody over Sunday. Mrs Fred Gurney has read from a visit at her former home in North Adams. Miss Blanche Bryden went to Nantucket Monday for the coming season. Adelbert Messer enjoys a three weeks vacation from Old Colony Trust Co. A fishing party at Swampscott is planned. Bertram Woodworth, son of Mr and Mrs R Woodworth, is recovering from illness. Kenneth Blood left Monday for Charlestown DC to join the US naval station drafting department for the summer.
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8. T. Blood
Nagog Cottage
Celia MacDonald
Peabody
Fred Gurney
North Adams
Adelbert Messer
Old Colony Trust Co
Swampscott
Bertram Woodworth
Convicts Escape From Massachusetts Reform Factory
Two convicts at the Massachusetts Reformatory escaped Monday morning around 8 30, then were captured hours later by Officer Lyons and Chief Craig near the B M railroad. They had fled while working in the Stole Farm fields before being returned to the institution.
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Lyons
Craig
South Adah
Town Folks Entertain Travel and Local News
Mr and Mrs Ralph Holden return from Atlantic City N J Carrie Smith milliner at Christies store goes home to Boston Saturday Charles Edgarton and Alcott Pratt return from Milton academy for summer Ottine Larsen sails to Christiania Norway Chas W Glidden balloon seen over town en route Fitchburg to Boston Many take Harvard exams in high school and Middlesex School W Rollins Abrams returns from five week western trip Rev Fr M B Twomey visits Concord area with children and Sisters Tree wardens prune town trees Hunt family back from Saratoga Lake George trip Harman New Method Laundry Co ad appears elsewhere.
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Ralph Holden
Atlantic City
N. J
Carrie Smith
Christie's
Boston
Charles. Edgarton
Alcott Pratt
Milton Academy
Ottine Larsen
Alfred Curtis
Ivernia
Christiania
Norway
Chas. W. Glidden
Fitchburg
G. W. Hunt
Maude L. Hunt
Saratoga
Lake George
Harman New Method Laundry ‘Co
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Concord
H.P. N. Dahl
Main Street
Post Office
Maynard, Mass
M. F. Mullin
le Page
Carter
Swift
Nason St
Geo. H. Gutteridge
Nason Street
Naylor
W. F. Litchfield
MAIN
Opp Mill
Jennie Naylor
Phillipstown
Harry Fowler
Harvard
Aliie” Winslow
Alexander Forbes
Montreal
Can
Edward Henderson
Concord High School
Fred Pierce
Cambridge
George Smith
Stow Lower Village
Elizabeth Lord
England
Scotland
France
Holland
William Lord
William B. Coy
Lynn
Rollin McLean
Jersey City
Arthur Anderson
Music Hall
C. M. & M St. Railway
Maynard Cricket and Athletic Association
Mary Rhodes
Waltham
Main St
J. D. W. Chester
Francis S. Brick
Maine
Stow High School
John L. Harvey
Lake Boone
Agnes Barry
M. . Louise Doherty
Margaret Murphy
Bretton Wools, N. H
C. L. Perry
Burlington
Assabet Aerie of Eagles
New England
Order
Sherman G. Rich
North Shore
C.W
J. Q. Blake
C. W. Blake
Mr. Blake
Glasgow
C. W. Blake Co
Concord H. S
Alice Bertha Cole
Annabelle MacFarland
Harriette Mabel Parker
Alice Irene Goddard
Joseph Lovering
Eliza F. McLean
Horatio Hunt
Littleton
Marian Brown
Geo. Canney
Stanley
Lena Guncher
Allen “Kimball
Mr. Hunt
Marion Whitcomb
Avery Chemical Works
Nellie Lovejoy
Chicago
P. S. Whitcomb
Mrs
Arthur Webber
King St
Fritz Puphol
Drews Camps
Hather
Annie Dodge
Everett Kimball
Catherine
John Ames
Somerville
A. W. Knowlton
Knowlton
Hayward
Geo. Henry Patch
Framingham
Harry . Hume
Burke
Mr. Lewis
Elmer Conant
Worcester
Esther McEnnis
Ludlow
Elizabeth Smith
Morristown
High School
F. B. Priest
Ladies of the Baptist Society
Fall River
Cornet
The
Red Cross
Moody St
Waltham, Mass
Concord Junction
Blanche Bryden
Nantucket
Hartman New Method Laundry Co
Middlesex School
W. Rollins Abrams
Colonial Inn
Seattle
M. B. Twomey
South
Keyes
Karl C. Johanson
Walden St
Walden Hall
Commonwealth Ave
J. N. Frost
Berkeley Farm
Bedford, Mass
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